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Online talent platforms, labour market intermediaries and the changing world of work

As part of their EU Sectoral Social Dialogue work programme, the World Employment Confederation-Europe and UNI Europa will conduct the joint project, co-financed by the European Commission, for the next 12 months.

The project consists of three main elements, an external research, a European stakeholdersâ meeting and a pan-European conference.

The external research aims at providing quantitative and qualitative data on the development of online talent platforms and their role compared to temporary agency work. The analysis will focus on a series of dimensions, namely:

- The size of these forms of labour market intermediation (market data)

- The level of regulation on online talent platforms and temporary agency work, including the status of the worker and the protection of workersâ rights

- Access to social security and health and safety at work

- Access to vocational training for workers working through these platforms

- Social Dialogue and collective bargaining

- The impact of temporary agency work and online talent platforms on labour market participation

Complementing the EU-wide data, the research will produce specific case studies, focusing on specific online talent platforms and/or national practices that the World Employment Confederation-Europe and UNI Europa will select based on the availability of data and information and relevance.

In order to carry out the research, the World Employment Confederation-Europe and UNI Europa are publishing a call for tenders to select the external consultant that will closely work with the World Employment Confederation-Europe and UNI Europa. The call for tender is published on both World Employment Confederation-Europe and UNI Europaâs websites. All submissions should be sent by registered mail or by hand, addressed to the attention of:

Mr Denis Pennel,

Managing Director

Wold Employment Confederation-Europe

Avenue du Port 86c - Box 302

B-1000 Brussels

The deadline for submission is 28 February 2017. Tenders received after the deadline will not be taken into consideration.

Along with the research, the two key events will be part of the project: The EU stakeholdersâ meeting will gather EU experts from the EU institutions, and EU agencies, university, think tanks and representatives of online talent platforms to provide additional information and feedback as a way to enrich the content of the research.

The pan-European conference will be the final event gathering around 100 participants, where World Employment Confederation-Europe and UNI Europa will launch the key messages of the research and will issue their joint recommendations.